It's Wednesday...

Wow I haven't been here for an entire week and it sure feels like it. I've been crafting away but the layouts are for scheduled things I can't share yet so I haven't had a lot to post.

Coming up this week, on the 15th will be  my first contribution to the Challenge me happy blog. Woohoo! I'm excited about that, come on over and get involved.

I did a big catchup with my Project Life and I'm pleased to say I am back to being current (current to me is working on last weeks pages). I was about 3-4 weeks behind, I had made all the notes etc but I just told myself I wasn't allowed to do anything else until it was caught up. So I am happy.
Here is my share for this week:

Closeups:

 

Thanks for dropping by...
Have a blessed day
Hayley

PL Update

Morning morning Project Lifers, it's 11.16 am so technically still morning.

I completely lost a day being unwell yesterday and I was sitting here and gasped when I realised it was PL day and I hadn't done anything yet. Well I'd done my pages but had my Olympic pocket to finish off. I had purchased the Olympic rings cut from the Silhouette store which was great but I was attempting to do it way way way too small and I just couldn't get it to go together and look right. So instead of weeks ago giving up and moving on, in true Hayley style I just kept trying it every few days until now I seriously don't like the Olympics rings anymore.

Then I had a stamping disaster! But hey it is done!
Here is the spread:

And the closeups:

On this page I need to give a couple of acknowledgements ..... that cool little chevron filler that says Twenty Twelve on it is from misstiina.com. And the beautiful arty printable in the bottom left corner is so not done by me, it is from itworksforbobbi.com. I have used Bobbi's work before and it is awesome. If either of these printables interest you be sure to pop on over and get yourself one.

Back to laundry...
Hayley

Happy news...

Happy Saturday Morning!

Woohoo, I must say I love Saturday morning now sport has finished, no rushing around trying to get the hair plaited, the football boots sorted and the crazy mayhem that ensues. Although the children are all up early the pressure is off for now.

I have some big news to share...

I applied for the Challenge Me Happy design team and they picked me, Me! I know! I am so thrilled. I have wanted to get more involved again and  this is perfect for me. I love challenges. I have been scrapbooking a looong time now and challenges are what keeps me going. Let's face it, they are just plain good for you. To do things you wouldn't normally do, to push beyond what's comfortable, that's a good thing.

So I hope you guys will get involved and try some of these challenges too. It really is one of the things I love most about scrapbooking, the community, the sharing of idea, and the comfort in knowing you are not the only mad one about this hobby. So come on over and check out this fortnight's challenge - Sewing. Give it a go and show us your stuff!

I am off now to whip up a birthday card, wrap present, iron party dress, you know the drill and to organise the rest of us to go to the rugby.
Hope you are having a happy Saturday like me.

Have a blessed day
Hayley

Project Life Day!

Hey Everyone!

I'm sharing my Project Life today....

Closeups:

My faves for this week are Phia learning to peel vegetables and the bunny adventure.
I know my project life lovers know this but for anyone else, pretty much all of the stories on this page would not have made it into one of my big scrapbooks, I love that, I love that my stories are here.

Thanks for dropping by...
Have a great day
Hayley

This baby...

This baby is the light of my life. I really need to start doing a bit more work on her album... oh you know... like start it, or else she is never going to know how much I adore her and what an awesome, easy, sweet, gorgeous baby she was. I will forget all the details unless I write them down, so I really need to get to it.

I participated in a challenge over at 2peas this week which was the perfect time to whip out a page. The challenge included a cutting file for the Silhouette so that was a great bonus. I adore this MME paper, this time I cut out a couple of duplicates and popped them up on foam adhesive. I also cut a few others out and added a vellum with script on it behind.

So here's my page:

I included this detail photo to show the silver paper behind the cut, you can't tell in the first flat image.

My favourite part was a quote I had written down in my journal, it describes just how I feel about GG, it just fit perfectly.
"And then my soul saw you and it kind of went, "Oh there you are, I've been looking for you".
Love that.

Have a fab day
Hayley

It's project life day....

Hiya!

A quick post from me today to share my Project Life.
I've had visitors this morning, which was lovely but it's put me out of synch with my PL post. ha!
Everyone knows Wednesday is PL day. Well maybe not everyone, maybe just me.
Anyways... enough rambling...

The closeups:

Have a blessed day
Hayley

Use your stash....

I love use your stash challenges because let's face it, it is harder to get out those older supplies when we have brand new ones calling our name. I still like most of my older stuff  and a challenge gives me a little kick to not take the easy way out. Scrappin Patch are having some challenges - posted on Wednesday's so if you're keen to join in you can find them here

The only real stipulations this week were: you couldn't have purchased any of the product this year, except for cardstock. That was actually not too hard... but I must admit I did get a couple of things out and then thought, oh they're probably too new. The newest thing I think used is those SC rubon stars and they are probably 2011.

Here is my page:

Edited to add product list:
Papers: Blue Alpha & Yellow Scrap (Ki Memories), Green (DCWV), Spot (October Afternoon), Graph (MME Lush). Stickers & Star Rubons (Studio Calico). Lettering: Alpha used for outline and numbers (American Crafts).

One thing to keep in mind when using older things, is some things actually don't keep very well. That science rubon took a fair bit of love and attention to get down. So use up those rub on's or else they may not work!


Have a great day all
Hayley